Bobby Grace

The attorney for Olga Ruddersmith, he was trying to get as far away from Helen as possible in order to make the argument that Olga was like really a dupe in this whole situation.

I believe that the jurors were having some trouble as to whether Olga was part of the actual murder aspect.

And there were some votes that were taken, apparently, where the jury was hung, meaning not all the jurors agreed with the murder liability of Olga.

I tried to lean very heavily on the conspiracy aspect of it and that, you know, that we did not have to prove that Olga struck the fatal blow, only that she was part and parcel of the conspiracy.

And it was almost impossible for the jurors to divorce her from all aspects of the larger conspiracy.

And it would have been inexplicable that Olga would not have gone along for the entire ride because she wanted to get as much money as possible.

So she wouldn't have left herself out in terms of the killing part because Helen could have cut her out of the deal if she wasn't stepping up to the plate all the way.

Bobby Grace remembered the moment and said... Among the many cases that I have tried, they are the two most egregious actors, the two people that have stuck out the most as being the worst people that I have prosecuted.